John Golden

Photograph of John Golden posed in a tree.
John Golden (1941- ) is an accomplished local folk singer and story teller who writes many of his own songs to share the history of coastal North Carolina. He was born and raised in south Florida, and went to Duke University to study civil engineering. Through his travels he developed a love of old-time ballads and blue-grass music which influenced his own musical style. He moved to Wilmington, NC with the Army Corps of Engineers in 1977, along with his wife Mary Ellen, who runs the Golden Gallery at the Cotton Exchange and is a watercolor painter. He has long been involved with the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society, currently serving as their president. John Golden has produced many CDs of his music and stories of the region.

Date

circa 1997

Subject

Golden, John, 1941 ; Folk singers; Storytellers

Format

black-and-white photograph

Identifier

00.537

Source

Star-News Image Archive

Provenance

Donated to the New Hanover County Public Library by the Star-News in 2008

Rights

Copyright is owned by the New Hanover County Public Library. For commercial or other use, permission must be granted.